Hanging rugs - Hanging textiles

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Throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, the decorative hangings rugs and textiles of Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, Kazakh, Balouch tribes and other tent-dwellers were astonishingly diverse in their structures, colourings and decorative patterns. These decorative pieces had shapes according to their utilitarian use : wall hangings, door hangings and tent partitions.

Hangings rugs and textiles are woven primaly for utilitarian functions. The decorative appearance of the hanging rugs and textiles reflects the tribal identity of nomad culture. Throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, the decorative hangings rugs and textiles of Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, Kazakh, Balouch tribes and other tent-dwellers are astonishingly diverse in their structures, colourings and decorative patterns (rugs, felt rugs, flatwoven rugs and textiles' wall hangings silk or cotton embroidered). There are many different shapes of hanging rugs and textiles : tent-door hanging, tent-door surround, tent-divider, wall hanging produced by nomadic but also urban groups. The hanging textiles in the urban centres were predominantly made using silk embroideries and ikat silks. (kapilik, sardewar, suzani). One of the most beautiful tent hangings textiles are the embroidered hangings of Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads. The colorful, intricate designs of these hangings textiles for their felt tents or yurts are based on ancient motifs, including especially Islamic arabesques. Commonly, the name the woman who worked about five months to create one of these wall hangings textiles, is embroidered on it somewhere, hidden and incorporated into the complex forms and vibrant hues. They are left unfinished at the bottom, because this part hangs down below the bed or other furniture. This typically detail of this hanging textile means in their culture that life continues...